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		Du Xi is an excellent contemporary artist creates original artworks. He is the nephew of the leading Chinese oil painting artist Shang Ding, as well as an excellent mentee of Tang Zhigang, the associate professor of the fine arts college of the Yunan Arts University. Du combines various genres of humor to create his style, interprets the beauty of classical Chinese literature using the concepts of humor popularized among the Chinese people born after the 1980s. His artworks are about Chinese historical figures, A Journey to the West, the green snake and the white snake, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the period from 1912 to 1949 in China. Du enjoys immersed in Chinese history and is nurtured by the history. He scored the highest in the history exam in his home province when he took the Chinese university entrance exams (gaokao). He has endless imaginations and inspirations.
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		In the artworks from “Late period of the Romance of the Three Kings on antique wooden tables” series and “The Gods and Goddesses from Myths” series, Du has separated the figures from the background, created three-dimensional lively figures on a two dimensional canvas. The sizes of these figures have been enlarged as well.
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		Du has employed specific visual devices in his artworks depicting China from 1912 to 1949, the period of early industrialization. The yellow tone of the canvas resembles the aged photo papers. Figures in the work are the embodiment of distinct poses, gestures, attitudes and facial expressions. The artworks imply that a camera, the newly introduced device at the time, has captured the heroes, heroines and everyone else in the new era.  
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		Du Xi’s artworks are derived from one backbone. His techniques correspond to thematic subject matters and the relevant period of time. Du’s artworks are subtle and exquisite, can only be appreciated in detail by connoisseurs.
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